Example sentences of "could [vb infin] her [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could wind her up . |
| 2 | She would refuse to allow that the matter was serious , or that its consequences could affect her profoundly . |
| 3 | She cleaned up the room , did not even hear his curses , and thought how nothing could affect her any longer . |
| 4 | I could eat her up ’ , or ‘ I 'm not going to take that from him ; it sticks in my throat ’ . |
| 5 | Such premature publicity could make her positively obstructive instead of merely difficult . |
| 6 | He marvelled that throwing away a perfectly good job could make her so happy . |
| 7 | She walked over to the rail and leant her forearms on it as she stared across the river , and drew in a shuddery little breath , hating the fact that Luke could make her so aware of him with just a look . |
| 8 | Oh , hell ! she thought , and , furious with herself as much as him suddenly that her thoughts alone could make her so angry , she turned the shower on full force and tried to drown her thoughts that way . |
| 9 | Nothing he did could hurt her now . |
| 10 | It was as if the love had grown too strong lately , absorbing the hatred , and it could swallow her too if she did n't do something about it soon . |
| 11 | He thought he could mindblast her as simply as he had put Tunney out of the picture . |
| 12 | Bronson Manolo could wait her out . |
| 13 | It was one of the things that brought it about but they they could bury her there , but only the Anglican |
| 14 | How was it possible he could know her so well after such a short time ? |
| 15 | He could sense her there behind him and felt the hairs rise along his spine and at the back of his neck . |
| 16 | He could smell her here — her talc — her soap . |
| 17 | Sometimes I 'd have to sit with her until she was sober enough to stand and I could shoulder her home , snapping a curt reply , ‘ It 's all right , I can take care of her , ’ to kind enquirers . |
| 18 | He would have liked to say I 'd rather you stayed , except that he had no real reason , or no reason he could give her easily . |
| 19 | He seemed to think he could carry her off like this , and get away with it . |
| 20 | ‘ You could send her away to a school . ’ |
| 21 | But he wanted to keep her with him , to help her with her reading and studying , so that he could present her proudly as a lady to his parents . |
| 22 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 23 | This was the first time in her life that she 'd been in the company of a man who could bring her out in nervous flushes , make her heartbeat race and her stomach turn all watery , just by watching her … |
| 24 | She 'd always run into my arms when I did that so I could lift her up , but she do n't do it this time . |
| 25 | ‘ Which there ai n't , nor never will be , I do n't doubt , for such as us ! ’ and vanished again , skipping out into the yard and across to the house before her tongue could betray her even further . |
| 26 | If he could break her out of it , she 'd be all right . |
| 27 | She hurried on before he could accuse her again of lying . |
| 28 | Sycorax no longer leaked whatever liquids or foods she was able to consume , as she had during the worst of her fever , and Ariel could prop her up into a sitting position , and then , presenting her shoulders to her , go down on one knee to hoist her piggy-back and carry her to the privy in the forest a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 29 | It occurred to her that he could tip her out of the window without any effort at all , and she shrank back . |
| 30 | But I could feel her there . |